Ethanol concentration in food and body condition affect foraging behavior in Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 561-567

  Sánchez, Francisco ^a   Korine, Carmi ^a   Kotler, Burt P ^a   Pinshow, Berry ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Food selection; Giving up density; State dependent foraging; Toxins

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

BAT; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BODY CONDITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ETHANOL; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD LIMITATION; FOOD SELECTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; RIPENING;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; BODY CONSTITUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FORAGE; FORAGING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; NONHUMAN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHIROPTERA; EGYPT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ETHANOL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; ISRAEL;

ANIMALIA; CHIROPTERA; ROUSETTUS AEGYPTIACUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 44149099772     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0359-y     Document Type: Article

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